Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension as a Differential Diagnosis in Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain: A Case Report.

Persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP), previously known as atypical facial pain (ATFP), is a chronic pain disorder with the characteristic of persistent, undulating pain in the face or the teeth without a known cause or any structural correlation. Women are more commonly affected than men. We report a case of a 38-year-old married female patient with a history of Crohn's disease who presented to the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) clinic with chronic dull bilateral facial pain and headache mainly affecting the right side of the face and neck without a known cause.

Reasons for Permanent Teeth Extractions and Related Factors among Adult Patients in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To evaluate the reasons for permanent teeth extractions and related factors among adult patients visiting dental clinics in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included data of patients who underwent teeth extractions. Data were collected from public and private dental clinics in different cities of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (January-March 2020).

Seroprevalence and risk factors of Q-fever (C. burnetii infection) among ruminants reared in the eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Q-fever is a worldwide spread zoonotic disease associated with severe illness in humans and abortions and stillbirths in ruminants. Ruminants are major sources of human infection where subclinical carriers shed the bacteria in various secretions and excreta. The goal of the current study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of Coxiella burnetii infection among cattle, sheep, and goats in the eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).